November 15, 2020

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Salesforce to buy Slack for $277bn

Salesforce to buy Slack for $277bn

Cash-and-stock deal caps banner year for cloud computing

Date: 2020-12-02

URL: https://www.ft.com/content/dc8e3bae-ff5d-4130-945d-25fc68094b22

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